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Software Freedom Day 2025: Why Open Source Still Matters
On 20 September, people gathered again for Software Freedom Day 2025. Some events were small, tucked away in classrooms. Others filled auditoriums or hackspaces. Different places, different styles, same idea. Celebrate free and open-source software and ask what it still means today. Workshops ran, hackathons stretched into the evening, and talks sparked lively debate. The…
AI in Open-Source: Opportunity or Threat?
Senior engineers across the industry are noticing a curious trend in pull requests. Contributions increasingly carry signs of AI assistance, cleaner structures, more consistent documentation, and that slightly too-perfect commenting style. This isn’t just about individual preferences. It signals a deeper transformation in how open-source projects evolve. The impact stretches beyond code quality. Long-held assumptions…
Open-Source Corporate Control vs Community Values
Big Tech learned that open-source was never just about sharing code. It was about shaping and sometimes controlling entire markets. HashiCorp’s licensing change for Terraform landed differently from earlier moves. Terraform had become central to infrastructure teams everywhere. This time, the community wasn’t passive. Within weeks, OpenTofu emerged as a Linux Foundation–backed fork. Major cloud…
The Rise of Personal AI Assistants in Everyday Life
Picture this: Tuesday evening, kitchen chaos. Mum burns the pasta while getting Microsoft Copilot to draft a work email. Six-year-old Emma asks her AI assistant for help with maths. Four-year-old Max quizzes Google’s virtual assistant on dinosaurs. Dad eats the burned pasta while scheduling meetings with his personal AI assistant. The evening ends with the…
BrightStar Care and the Rise of Tech-Driven Health Services
How often do you use digital tools for health? Maybe you’ve booked a GP visit online or checked steps on your watch. These small habits show how technology is already shaping everyday health choices. Around the world, tech-driven health services are accelerating. BrightStar Care, a U.S. provider of home healthcare, reflects this transformation. Families want clarity,…
Digital Workplace Design: The Blueprint for Your Next HQ
Think of your workplace as a building. It needs solid foundations, walls to give it shape, interiors to make it welcoming, and hidden utilities to keep everything running. Digital workplace design works in much the same way. Leaders today aren’t just shopping for software. They’re acting like architects, shaping digital headquarters that bend with change, stand…
Tool Fatigue is Real: Are Too Many Apps Killing Productivity?
Across workplaces, one of the biggest sources of daily frustration isn’t slow hardware or clunky Wi-Fi; it’s the sheer number of apps people are expected to juggle. A single vendor update or acquisition can break integrations overnight, scattering workflows across multiple platforms and leaving teams scrambling to find documents, sync tasks, or track conversations. What…
There’s an iPhone in the Air: Apple Event 2025 Round-up
The stage at Apple Park lit up on 9 September, and so did the internet. The Apple Event 2025 wasn’t just a keynote, it was theatre. Tim Cook walked out to cheers and promised, “We’re here to push the boundaries of what technology can do for people’s lives.” And Apple delivered. From the impossibly thin…
OSS Security: Building Trust in the Open-source Supply Chain
One tiny bug. One missed update. That’s sometimes all it takes for the digital world to stumble. Think back to the Log4j chaos; it spread faster than most teams could react. Open source turned from invisible plumbing into front-page news overnight. That moment proved something important: open source is both a blessing and a blind spot. …
Inside Deepfake App Boom: Creativity Tool or Credibility Threat?
From gimmick to game-changer When deepfake apps first appeared, many dismissed them as novelties. But what started as a quirky experiment quickly became a serious business tool. Video production companies now use synthetic media to solve costly reshoot problems, saving clients tens of thousands in budgets. This isn’t just for tech enthusiasts. Teenagers making viral…
